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Einstein believed deeply that science should transcend national and ethnic divisions. But he watched physicists and chemists become the purveyors of weapons of mass destruction in the early 20th century.
Krista Tippett
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Krista Tippett
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: November 9
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